Media & Culture

Creators Are Running Media Companies Without the Org Chart

A one-person channel with a loyal audience now competes directly with institutions that employ hundreds.

Social Media's Real Product Is Attention Allocation

The feed isn't showing you content — it's making a continuous bet about what will keep you from leaving.

Streaming Solved Distribution and Broke the Business Model

Unbundling gave viewers exactly what they asked for — and quietly removed the economics that funded the content in the first place.

The Medium Is the Message: The Form Does More Than the Content

Writing's real consequence was not that people could record things — it was that law could outlive its author. Every medium does work that no individual message controls.